Ashley Irwin
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Ashley Irwin | |
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| Born | Ashley John Irwin |
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| Occupation(s) | Composer, arranger, orchestrator, conductor |
| Website | http://www.ashleyirwin.com/ |
Ashley Irwin is an Australian born composer, conductor, orchestrator, arranger and music producer. Irwin has composed, conducted, arranged, and orchestrated music for numerous movie soundtracks. He has collaborated with Clint Eastwood, Bill Conti, and has scored for silent films including Alfred Hitchcock's The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog.[1] He has an Emmy award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Direction, and two Emmy nominations.[2]
Irwin is currently serving his sixth two-year term as the president of the Society of Composers and Lyricists.[1]
Society of Composer and Lyricists
Ashley Irwin began his career arranging for records and commercials in Australia.[3] He was one of six arrangers commissioned to orchestrate the ill-fated 1988 Australian bicentennial musical, Manning Clark's History of Australia – The Musical.[4] After writing music for theatre, records, advertising and television, Irwin moved to the United States in 1990, composing and orchestrating for feature films.[3][5]
In the late 90s, Irwin scored the silent classics The White Hell of Piz Palü directed by German director Arnold Fanck, and Alfred Hitchcock's The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog.[6][1][5]
Irwin was recommended to Clint Eastwood after his arranger retired, which led to Irwin's collaboration with Eastwood on films Hereafter, J. Edgar, Jersey Boys, and The 15:17 to Paris.[3][5][7] He also worked on independent films including The Pardon starring John Hawkes and Jaime King.[3] Irwin was one of the writers for the 2011 Australian musical "Pyjamas in Paradise''.[8][9]
Irwin has arranged and composed for 21 Academy Awards shows, several Emmy, Grammy, and other TV variety shows.[5] His credits as music director include NBC's Screen Actors Guild Awards, American Giving Awards, and the Screen Musical Awards.[1][3][5]
Ashley Irwin has served as the president of the Society of Composers and Lyricists since 2013.[3]
Irwin has moderated numerous interviews, among them are six-time Oscar nominee Alexandre Desplat, Christophe Beck, Bruce Broughton, and Randy Edelman. He is a frequent speaker and presenter at SCL hosted events and award shows.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
APRA
Irwin is an official APRA Ambassador. He was the music director for APRA's Screen Music Awards between 2013 and 2016.